Hungary’s Magyar has ‘unlocked’ €16B in EU cash. Getting it is another story.

BRUSSELS — Péter Magyar trumpeted his meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels as a breakthrough — but Hungary is still a long way from receiving the billions of euros in EU funds that Budapest wants. “Based on today’s meeting, €16.4 billion euros have been unlocked , ” the Hungarian prime minister told reporters after Friday’s meeting, calling the outcome better than he had expected. Yet Commission officials offered a more cautious description, describing Friday’s deal as a political agree